1 O n that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

وَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ المَلِكُ أنْ يَنامَ فِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ، فَطَلَبَ مِنْ خُدّامِهِ أنْ يُحضِرُوا لَهُ السِّجِلَّ الرَّسمِيَّ لِتارِيخِ المملَكَةِ. وَعِندَما قُرِئَ السِّجِلُّ أمامَ المَلِكِ،

2 I t was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

اكتَشَفَ أنَّ مُرْدَخايَ هُوَ الذِي كَشَفَ أمْرَ بَغْثانا وَتَرَشَ خادِمَي المَلِكِ وَحارِسَي بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ اللَّذَينِ تَآمَرا عَلَى اغتِيالِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

3 T he king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «بِماذا أكرَمْنا مُرْدَخايَ وَكافأناهُ لِعَمَلِهِ هَذا؟» فَأجابَهُ الخُدّامُ: «لَمْ يُعمَلْ لَهُ أيُّ شَئٍ!»

4 T he king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «مَنْ هَذا الذِي فِي ساحَةِ القَصْرِ؟» وَكانَ هامانُ قَدْ دَخَلَ لِتَوِّهِ لِيَطلُبَ مِنَ المَلِكِ أنْ يُعَلِّقَ مُرْدَخايَ عَلَى العَمُودِ الخَشَبِيِّ الذِي جَهَّزَهُ لَهُ.

5 T he king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”

فَقالَ الرِّجالُ الَّذينَ يَخدِمُونَ المَلِكَ: «هَذا هامانُ فِي ساحَةِ القَصرِ.» فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «أدخِلُوهُ.»

6 S o Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

فَدَخَلَ هامانُ، فَقالَ لَهُ المَلِكُ: «ماذا يُصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يُريدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يَكْرِمَهُ؟» فَقالَ هامانُ فِي نَفسِهِ: «لا أحَدَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أنْ يُكْرِمَهُ المَلِكُ سِوايَ!»

7 H aman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

وَقالَ هامانُ للمَلِكِ: «سَأُخْبِرُكَ ما يُصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يُريدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يَكْرِمَهُ.

8 l et royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set.

يُعْطَى ثِياباً مَلَكِيَّةً مِنَ الَّتِي كانَ يَرتَدِيها المَلِكُ، وَحِصاناً كانَ المَلِكُ قَدْ رَكِبَ عَلَيهِ، وَيوضَعُ تاجٌ عَلَى رَأسِهِ.

9 L et the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”

تُوضَعْ هَذِهِ الثِّيابُ وَالحِصانُ فِي عُهدَةِ واحِدٍ مِنْ أنبَلِ الرُؤَساءِ عِنْدَ المَلِكِ. ثُمَّ يُلْبِسُ الرُّؤَساءُ الرَّجُلَ الذِي يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ، وَيُركِبُونَهُ عَلَى الحِصانِ لِيَتَجَوَّلَ فِي ساحاتِ المَدِينَةِ، بَينَما هُمْ يَهتِفُونَ: ‹هَذا ما يَنالُهُ مَنْ يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ.›»

10 T hen the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”

فَقالَ المَلِكُ لِهامانَ: «إذَنْ أسرِعْ وَخُذِ الثِّيابَ وَالحِصانَ كَما قُلْتَ، وَافعَلْ هَذا لِمُرْدَخايَ اليَهُودَيِّ، الذِي يَجلِسُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ المَلِكِ. وَلا تَنسَ شَيئاً مِنَ الأشياءِ التِي قُلْتَها.»

11 T hen Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

فَأخَذَ هامان الثِّيابَ وَألبَسَها لِمُرْدَخايَ، وَأركَبَهُ عَلَى الحِصانِ وَتَجَوَّلَ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ المَدِينَةِ. وَأعلَنَ هامان: «هَذا ما يَنالُهُ مَنْ يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ.»

12 M ordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

ثُمَّ عادَ مُرْدَخايُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ. أمّا هامانُ فَقَدْ عادَ مُسرِعاً إلَى بَيتِهِ وَهُوَ يَشعُرُ بِاليَأسِ وَالخِزيِ.

13 H aman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”

وَأخْبَرَ زَوجَتَهُ زَرَشَ وَأصدِقاءَهُ بِكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ. فَقالَ لَهُ مُستَشارُوهُ وَزَوجَتُهُ: «إذا كانَ مُرْدَخايُ الذِي بَدَأتَ تَنهَزِمُ أمامَهُ يَهُودِيّاً بِالفِعلِ، فَإنَّكَ لَنْ تَنتَصِرَ عَلَيهِ، بَلْ سَتُهزَمُ أمامَهُ بِالتَأكِيدِ.»

14 W hile they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

وَبَينَما هُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ وَصَلَ خُدّامُ المَلِكِ، وَاصطَحَبُوا هامان إلَى الوَلِيمَةِ التِي أعَدَّتها أسْتِيرُ.